[Leica] Re:Black and White Printing

[mcyclwritr at comcast.net (mcyclwritr@comcast.net)]

Timely of thought, you are.

May the force of variable ink darknesses, with you be.

-Chris Lawson  


> Vader-black, Sith-black
> 
> Chris
> NOLA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mcyclwritr@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Black and White Printing
> 
> 
> > B.D., you're right about the HP 8750's enhanced potential for better 
> > color
> prints--the ninth ink is color. I was just considering b&w output.
> >
> > When I first heard about the 8750, I thought I'd have to snatch one as
> soon as it came out. Now, I'm not so sure. I'm certainly happy with the b&w
> and color output of my 8450, but its wanton ink consumption of HP 100 gray
> ink cartridges at $20+ per pop to grind out max-size 8.5" x 11" prints 
> makes
> me wonder how many 13" x 19" b&w prints I'd get per ink cart. Or, perhaps,
> how many carts it'd take to print a 13" x 19".
> >
> > In HP's favor, it does denote the HP 100 photo gray ink cart as plain, 
> > old
> "gray," not the trying-to-be-definitive-and-still-laughably-failing
> "light-light black" of Epson. Will ensuing Epson printers feature an even
> greater number of ink tanks with the attendant list of names?
> "Not-quite-as-black-as-ace-of-spades black." "Midnight-at-the-oasis black."
> "Quadroon black." "Lawyeresque-gray-area black."
> >
> > -Chris Lawson
> 
> 
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